How the Biden administration passed on TikTok's Project Texas, a proposal to let the US pick its board, veto hires, and more, opting instead for a sale or ban
TikTok offered the Biden administration control over its U.S. operations and a kill switch if things went south. The Biden administration took a pass.
Sources and documents: TikTok managers sometimes tell Project Texas staff to send data, including email and IP, to ByteDance without going via official channels
Popular video-sharing app said it had walled off American data in so-called Project Texas, but employees say data is still sometimes shared with its China-based parent
TikTok CEO Shou Chew tells Congress that “after Project Texas is done” China-based ByteDance employees will no longer be able to access US TikTok data
A recap of TikTok CEO Shou Chew's testimony before Congress, in which he struggled to address national security concerns over ByteDance's ownership of TikTok
“[T]he day was dominated by political grandstanding that failed to acknowledge the real solutions already underway through Project Texas or productively address industry-wide issues of youth safety.” ...
Sources: Twitter has downranked accounts from its rivals like Instagram, Snap, and TikTok since December 2022, plus accounts like the US Department of Health's
It would be nice if one of the two actually links was to the article. Instead one is to a Tweet with the link and the other is to your site with a link. 😇 Tweets: Scott Galloway / @profgalloway : Ti...
Sources: Twitter has downranked accounts from its rivals like Instagram, Snap, and TikTok since December 2022, plus accounts like the US Department of Health's
It would be nice if one of the two actually links was to the article. Instead one is to a Tweet with the link and the other is to your site with a link. 😇 @patrida1941@mstdn.social : @caseynewton @z...
A briefing by TikTok details Project Texas, its plan to remain operational in the US, including by moving data to a US subsidiary and using Oracle Cloud
Since 2019, TikTok has been negotiating with the U.S. government to address concerns about potential national security risks posed by the platform.